As Serious as a Heart-Attack is a 1971 spoken word album by Melvin Van Peebles. This is Van Peebles third studio record. The album's cover can be briefly glimpsed on the bathroom door in Van Peebles' 1973 film Don't Play Us Cheap. Track listing All tracks composed by Melvin Van Peebles Countryside 1 "Rufus & Ruby" "Mothers Prayer" "The Country Brother & The City Sister" "Chippin" Cityside 2 "Just Don't Make No Sense" "Dearmistuh" "Love, That's America" "I Remember" "My Pal Johnny" Personnel Musicians Rhetta Hughes - guest vocalist on "Mother's Prayer" Doug Carn - keyboards John Boudreaux Jr. - drums Tom Scott, Albert Hall, Jr. - horns William Henderson - strings Clydie King, Venetta Fields, Rhetta Hughes, Jessica Smith - backing vocals Engineers Robert Appère - recording and mix Dick Burns - mix Produced And Conceived By Melvin Van Peebles All Words And Music By Melvin Van Peebles All Selections Published By Almo Music Corp./Yeah Inc., Ascap, Except "Love That's, America," Colgems Music, Ascap Art Direction: Roland Young Album Design: Chuck Beeson Photography: Jim McCrary References Melvin Van Peebles albums 1974 albums A&M Records albums